Characteristics and Issues | Benihana of Tokyo | Broadway Pizza | Conflicts & Lessons | Competitive Advantage | * Low cost (competitor) * Labor cost * Strategic Marketing * Low waste * Lower overhead | * Use of technology * Family oriented | Rocky Aoki was able to keep labor‚ food‚ beverage and facility costs lower than traditional restaurant design using hibachi grills‚ a new service innovation. This service innovation however‚ did require higher marketing costs‚ as the American
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Medaille College MBA-621 Operations Management Case Study #2 Donner Company 3/8/2006 Amr Abbas Problem Definition The three-year old Donner Company has positioned itself well within both the small volume‚ customized (contract) printed circuit boards market as well as the large volume‚ generic (captive) printed circuit boards market. Large electronic firms (AT&T‚ IBM) produced their components in captive shops‚ while smaller sized companies‚ or when large and small quantities of simple
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organization operates and on the organization itself‚ in order to formulate strategy. A number of tools are used in the process of strategic analysis‚ including PEST and/or SWOT analyses‚ and Michael Porter’s five forces model. http://www.bnet.com/topics/strategic+analysis http://www.ehow.com/about_5085518_reason-use-swot-pestle-analysis.html PEST Analysis The PEST analysis is a framework that is used during strategic analysis to scan the external macro-environment in which a firm operates
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Benihana OF Tokyo An introduction to Hibachi cooking Where it started Context: Japanese food being unpopular in the US (feeling of being not filling enough‚ deceiving food‚ etc.) Concept: Introduce Hibachi cooking in the US and worldwide History: 1935: Yunosuke Aoki (Papasan) opens the 1st Benihana restaurant in Tokyo‚ Japan 1958: Papasan introduces the Hibachi table concept 1964: Number 1 American unit in New York West Side 1. Differences between the Benihana production
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1. Examine the service delivery system of Benihana of Tokyo. a. What are the flows? A unique Japanese concept is used to deliver a food service to customers by serving freshly prepared food at the table by a chef using three basic menus. Since only fresh ingredients are used‚ storage is reduced to a minimum‚ i.e. 22% (including non-food areas as employee dressing room and office space) of total space compared to 30% in normal restaurants. The production flow is therefore very short‚ and limited
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Presentation Transcript KFC: KFC Case study of KFC BACKGROUND OF KENTUCKY FRIED CHICKENS(KFC): BACKGROUND OF KENTUCKY FRIED CHICKENS(KFC ) KFC is based in Louisville‚ Kentucky‚ and is the world’s most popular chicken restaurant. Founded by Colonel Harland Sanders in the early 1930s by cooking & serving food for hungry travellers. In 1952 Sanders started franchising his chicken business & named it as KENTUCKY FRIED CHICKEN. KFC is the world’s largest restaurant company in terms of system
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Week 3 Assignments Legend: Means part completed Means NEED to complete Call tech support for help Submit a copy of your Career Plan. • Team Exercise Organizational Planning / SWOT Analysis PepsiCo •Identify the company’s internal and external stakeholders. PepsiCo’s internal stakeholders are any employees‚ board members‚ and any volunteers. This would encompass every employee from the delivery driver‚ to the CEO and Board Member- Indra Nooyi
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Anheuser-Busch InBev SWOT Analysis To be the Best Beer Company in a Better World SWOT Analysis of AB InBev I have the assignment to make the SWOT analysis of a company. So first I will explain what a SWOT analysis is‚ second I will give some background information about the company and last I will make the SWOT analysis about the company. SWOT Analysis A SWOT Analysis‚ also called a SWOT Matrix‚ is a method to make a structured planning to evaluate the Strenghts‚ Weaknesses
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SWOT Whereas the STEEP model looks at the industry as a whole‚ SWOT concentrates on your particular business. The acronym stands for Strengths‚ Weaknesses‚ Opportunities and Threats. Generally speaking‚ the first two are internal factors‚ and the last two external ones; those on the right of the template are positive factors‚ those on the left‚ negative. As above‚ the following diagram suggests some of the issues that may be significant‚ but as this is a personal analysis‚ only you will be
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SWOT sample Havas Sports Entertainment UK Strengths | -domestic market-reduced labor costs-barriers of market entry-high profitability and revenue-skilled workforce-monetary assistance provided | | Weaknesses | -competitive market---small business units-unknown-costs-high loan rates are possible | | Opportunities | -venture capital-new acquisitions | | Threats | -increase in labor costs-global economy-price changes-financial capacity-tax changes-increasing rates of
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